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Volume 387, No. 10014, p96, 9 January 2016
Zika virus: a new global threat for 2016
The Lancet
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00014-3
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Concerns about the threat posed to global health security by Zika virus are escalating, with new outbreaks reported in Central and South America. Locally transmitted (autochthonous) cases of Zika have now been detected in Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.
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With an estimated 440 000?1 300 000 cases currently in Brazil alone, Zika virus could be following in the footsteps of dengue and chikungunya, which are also transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Given that an outbreak anywhere is potentially a threat everywhere, now is the time to step up all efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to Zika virus.
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Zika virus: a new global threat for 2016
The Lancet
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00014-3
showArticle Info
? 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Summary
Full Text
Tables and Figures
Concerns about the threat posed to global health security by Zika virus are escalating, with new outbreaks reported in Central and South America. Locally transmitted (autochthonous) cases of Zika have now been detected in Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.
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With an estimated 440 000?1 300 000 cases currently in Brazil alone, Zika virus could be following in the footsteps of dengue and chikungunya, which are also transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Given that an outbreak anywhere is potentially a threat everywhere, now is the time to step up all efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to Zika virus.
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